Richard Kempenfelt

Richard Kempenfelt (1718-29 August 1782) was a British Rear-Admiral of the Royal Navy of Swedish descent. During the American Revolutionary War, he defeated the French at the Second Battle of Ushant in 1781, but died when HMS Royal George sunk at Portsmouth in 1782.

Biography
Richard Kempenfelt was born in Westminster, London in 1718. His father was a Swedish man who served King James II of England and later joined the British Army. Kempenfelt was made a Lieutenant in January 1741 during the War of the Austrian Succession, and saw action under Admiral George Pocock from 1746 to 1780. In 1781, he won the Second Battle of Ushant against France, but died when his ship's hull broke under the weight of his cannons and the ship sunk. He wrote in his cabin as the ship sunk, and he drowned.